Staff Brand Designer
Core
Setting and upholding the highest craft standards for a fintech brand across all touchpoints, including campaigns, web, social, and events.
Role type
Staff Brand Designer (Hands-on IC with strategic influence)
Builds
Mercury's visual identity, brand systems, and high-visibility creative assets
Domain
Financial Technology (Fintech)
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
Typography mastery, layout and composition, brand system architecture, art direction, design system ownership, AI tooling integration, mentorship, strategic visual planning
Preferred skills
Experience in high-craft environments (agency, fashion, elevated consumer), autonomous decision-making, aesthetic philosophy articulation
Technologies
Figma
Responsibilities
Lead end-to-end execution of complex brand design projects; co-lead creative direction evolution with leadership; provide hands-on craft oversight and quality review for the Brand Studio; commission and art-direct external creatives; develop brand system documentation and decision frameworks; mentor IC3 and IC4 designers; shape AI integration in the creative process
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC with strategic influence
